Man charged in Daly City murder after years on lam

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. 
San Mateo County prosecutors have filed murder charges against a 28-year-old man who was on the lam for eight years after allegedly taking part in the killing of a Daly City teen.

Erick Romeo Morales was arraigned Thursday. He also faces a special allegation of lying in wait in the 2001 death of 15-year-old Quetzlcoatl (KET-sul-KWAH-tul) Alba.

Alba, an acquaintance of Morales, was found stabbed to death in a storage area of a Daly City apartment complex.

Morales and his alleged accomplice, Reynaldo Maldanado, were suspects at the time, but they fled before either could be arrested.

Morales was stopped last week by New York State police on Long Island on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He waived extradition back to San Mateo County.